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Smarsh was born in rural Kansas and grew up on farms and in small towns. Her family moved frequently, and she attended eight schools before she reached ninth grade. [2] She attended the University of Kansas starting in 1998, and received her MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University .
- Writer
- Nonfiction
- 1980 (age 42–43), Kingman, Kansas, U.S.
Sarah Smarsh is a journalist who has reported for the New York Times, Harper’s, the Guardian, and many other publications.Her first book, Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, was an instant New York Times bestseller, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize, the winner of the Chicago Tribune Literary Prize, and a best-books ...
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IN Conversation with Sarah Smarsh. Photo by Paul Andrews. Right: Smarsh’s book, a National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller, is now out in paperback. Lithe and blond with wide gray-green eyes and high-heeled boots, Sarah Smarsh could easily be mistaken for someone that “never had to lift a finger,” as her grandmother ...
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Sep 20, 2018 · Sep 20, 2018. Sarah Smarsh's debut book "Heartland" is a memoir of her experience as a low-income resident of Kansas. Smarsh started at the University in 1998 and graduated with degrees in English ...
Jul 26, 2022 · When Smarsh entered college, she realized that the distance between her experiences and the experiences of her classmates was a deeper rift than she’d previously understood. “There are so many complicated reasons why so few people cross a socioeconomic divide in any lasting way, but one of the reasons is simple: it is a painful crossing ...
Mar 3, 2022 · Sarah Smarsh. Thu 3 Mar 2022 06.00 ... the Spanish-named woman whom I paid for the tub, the server who refuted gender norms while working for tuition money, hunters with deer blood on their pants ...
Sep 16, 2018 · A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth. By Sarah Smarsh. Purchase. Sarah Smarsh grew up in rural Kansas — the fifth generation to farm the same land, riding ...
